University Times

A professor enters the classroom several minutes before the start of class. Some students are there already, milling about, talking or doing the daily crossword puzzle — their minds on anything but the course material. As the professor begins the class, students take a while to settle down and discontinue socializing. Other students saunter in […]

Finding innovative teaching methods that get through to students raised in the fast-paced, information-rich world of music videos, instant messaging and the Internet is becoming increasingly important as a new generation of information consumers lands on college campuses. Today’s students are more apt to click onto a web site than to pick up a book […]

It’s no mystery that communication skills are an important part of every profession and that the ability to express ideas clearly is one mark of an educated person. Math majors are no exception, but when a team of professors from Pitt Johnstown sought to tailor a public speaking course to the practical needs of math […]

For undergraduates making the transition to adulthood, classroom experience is merely the tip of the iceberg in preparing for the real world. “Teaching outside the classroom for me is something that I do every day. It is an unavoidable component in my teaching experience,” said theatre arts professor Melanie Dreyer-Lude. “If we think of teaching […]

“This is my last hurrah,” said Robert C. Hazo at last week’s panel discussion sponsored by the American Experience program, part of the University Honors College. Hazo announced that he is stepping down as director of the program, which he founded in 1970. “This is my fourth and final retirement. But this one is non-negotiable,” […]

School of Medicine professor Gerald Schatten cited a breach of trust about possible egg-donor recruitment irregularities as the reason for severing his 20-month collaboration with a South Korean research team led by veterinarian Woo-Suk Hwang. Schatten, who also directs the Pittsburgh Development Center, stated in a prepared release, “I regret to announce that I have […]

The demand for biostatisticians is increasing while the number of qualified candidates in the U. S. appears to be decreasing. For the first time in 20 years, the federal government is funding training grants for biostatisticians, and the Department of Biostatistics in the Graduate School of Public Health has recently received two. The training biostatisticians […]

The children of Robert D. Galey, a longtime supporter of Pitt-Bradford and currently an emeritus member of its advisory board, have given a $100,000 gift to UPB to create a scholarship in his honor. The scholarship will provide financial assistance to students who are descendants of employees of Zippo Manufacturing Co., where the senior Galey […]